Compare 1577 edition: 1 Yée haue heard, how at the first the duke of Lan|caster was one of the chéefe about the yoong king in gouernement of his person and realme, who pru|dentlie considering, that sith there must néeds be an alteration in the state, & doubting least if any thing chanced otherwise than well,The duke of Lancaster misliking the maners of the court, getteth himselfe home to y^e castell of Killingworth the fault and blame might be chéefelie imputed to him, and thanks (how|soeuer things went) he looked for none, he gaue there|fore the slip, obteining licence of the king to depart, and so got him home to his castell of Killingworth, permitting other to haue the whole swaie: for before his departure from the court, there were with his consent ordeined such as should be attending on the kings person, and haue the rule and ordering of mat|ters perteining to the state, as William Courtnie, then bishop of London (though shortlie after remoo|ued to the archbishops see of Canturburie) Edmund Mortimer earle of March, & diuerse other, of whome the people had conceiued a good opinion: but yet bi|cause the bishop of Salisburie, and the lord Latimer were admitted amongst the residue, the commons murmured greatlie against them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle of Northumberland resigned his office of lord marshall, in whose place succeeded sir Iohn Arundell, brother vnto the earle of Arundell. ¶ The duke of Lancaster, although retired from the court, yet desirous to haue the monie in his hands that was granted the last parlement, at length obteined it, vpon promise to defend the realme from inuasion of all enimies for one yeares space: he therefore pro|uided a great nauie to go to the sea, hiring nine ships of Baionne, to assist his enterprise herein, the which in making saile hitherwards, incountred with the Spanish fléet, and tooke fouretéene vessels laden with wines and other merchandize. But in the meane time, one Mercer a Scotishman, with cer|teine saile of Scots, Frenchmen, and Spaniards, came to Scarburgh, and there tooke certeine ships, and led them awaie to the sea, as it were in reuenge of his fathers imprisonment, named Iohn Mercer, who before being caught by certeine ships of the north parts, and deliuered to the earle of Northum|berland, was committed to prison within the castell of Scarburgh.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Iohn Philpot that worshipfull citizen of London,Iohn Philpot Alderman of London set|teth foorth a fléet at his own charges, to recouer cer|teine Eng|lish ships ta|ken by the Scots. lamenting the negligence of them that should haue prouided against such inconueniences, made foorth a fléet at his owne charges, stronglie furnished with men of warre and munition necessarie: the men of warre méeting with the same Mercer, accompa|nied with his owne ships, and fiftéene other Spa|niards that were newlie ioined with him, set vpon them, and so valiantlie behaued themselues, that they tooke the said Mercer with all them that were then in his companie, so recouering againe the ships that were taken from Scarburgh, besides great riches which were found aboord, as well in the fiftéene Spa|nish ships, as the other that were of the old retinue, belonging to the same Mercer. Iohn Philpot was af|terwards blamed of the lords, for presuming thus far, as to set foorth a nauie of men of warre, without EEBO page image 420 the aduise of the kings councell: but he made his answer in such wise vnto the earle of Stafford, and others that laid the fault to his charge, that he was permitted to depart, without further trouble for that matter.